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[PATCH 0/3] remote API: fix -fanalyzer-spotted freeing issue

From
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 7, 2022, 15:50 UTC
Message-ID
<cover-0.3-00000000000-20220607T154520Z-avarab@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<RFC-cover-00.15-00000000000-20220603T183608Z-avarab@gmail.com>

This series is spun off from the recent RFC -fanalyzer series[1] and fixes a clear bug in remote_state_clear().

While doing so remove the underlying source of the landmines in the API and use free() rather than FREE_AND_NULL() for structs that aren't being re-used.

Then have the API free() the structure itself, rather than have *_new() allocate it, but the caller being responsible for calling both remote_state_clear() and free().

1. https://lore.kernel.org/git/RFC-cover-00.15-00000000000-20220603T183608Z-avarab@gmail.com/
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason (3):
  remote.c: remove braces from one-statement "for"-loops
  remote.c: don't dereference NULL in freeing loop
  remote API: don't buggily FREE_AND_NULL(), free() instead
 remote.c     | 23 ++++++++++-------------
 remote.h     | 10 +++++++++-
 repository.c |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
Range-diff:
 1:  b3a678d934a !  1:  1879ed2826e remote.c: don't dereference NULL in freeing loop
    @@ Metadata
     Author: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
     
      ## Commit message ##
    -    remote.c: don't dereference NULL in freeing loop
    +    remote.c: remove braces from one-statement "for"-loops
     
    -    Fix a bug in fd3cb0501e1 (remote: move static variables into
    -    per-repository struct, 2021-11-17) where we'd free(remote->pushurl[i])
    -    after having NULL'd out remote->pushurl. itself.
    -
    -    While we're at it let's get rid of the redundant braces per the
    -    CodingGuidelines, which also serves to show in the diff context that
    -    we were doing a FREE_AND_NULL(remote->pushurl) afterwards too, let's
    -    keep that one.
    +    Remove braces that don't follow the CodingGuidelines from code added
    +    in fd3cb0501e1 (remote: move static variables into per-repository
    +    struct, 2021-11-17). A subsequent commit will edit code adjacent to
    +    this.
     
         Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
     
    @@ remote.c: static void remote_clear(struct remote *remote)
     +	for (i = 0; i < remote->url_nr; i++)
      		free((char *)remote->url[i]);
     -	}
    --	FREE_AND_NULL(remote->pushurl);
    --
    + 	FREE_AND_NULL(remote->pushurl);
    + 
     -	for (i = 0; i < remote->pushurl_nr; i++) {
     +	for (i = 0; i < remote->pushurl_nr; i++)
      		free((char *)remote->pushurl[i]);
    @@ remote.c: static void remote_clear(struct remote *remote)
      	FREE_AND_NULL(remote->pushurl);
      	free((char *)remote->receivepack);
      	free((char *)remote->uploadpack);
    +@@ remote.c: void remote_state_clear(struct remote_state *remote_state)
    + {
    + 	int i;
    + 
    +-	for (i = 0; i < remote_state->remotes_nr; i++) {
    ++	for (i = 0; i < remote_state->remotes_nr; i++)
    + 		remote_clear(remote_state->remotes[i]);
    +-	}
    + 	FREE_AND_NULL(remote_state->remotes);
    + 	remote_state->remotes_alloc = 0;
    + 	remote_state->remotes_nr = 0;
 2:  4a055969ea5 <  -:  ----------- pull.c: don't feed NULL to strcmp() on get_rebase_fork_point() path
 3:  0b570d112fc <  -:  ----------- reftable: don't memset() a NULL from failed malloc()
 4:  3a287c19d7e <  -:  ----------- diff-lib.c: don't dereference NULL in oneway_diff()
 5:  46e0c307941 <  -:  ----------- refs/packed-backend.c: add a BUG() if iter is NULL
 6:  2d04035d7aa <  -:  ----------- ref-filter.c: BUG() out on show_ref() with NULL refname
 7:  cf1a5f3ed0f <  -:  ----------- strbuf.c: placate -fanalyzer in strbuf_grow()
 8:  2c4b7832144 <  -:  ----------- strbuf.c: use st_add3(), not unsigned_add_overflows()
 9:  de0f7722608 <  -:  ----------- add-patch: assert parse_diff() expectations with BUG()
10:  b50558d3b24 <  -:  ----------- reftable: don't have reader_get_block() confuse -fanalyzer
11:  66518467e1d <  -:  ----------- blame.c: clarify the state of "final_commit" for -fanalyzer
12:  9f0f515ed3a <  -:  ----------- pack.h: wrap write_*file*() functions
13:  63eeb66185a <  -:  ----------- pack-write API: pass down "verify" not arbitrary flags
14:  9cf550688d4 <  -:  ----------- config.mak.dev: add a DEVOPTS=analyzer mode to use GCC's -fanalyzer
15:  16bd2270b4c <  -:  ----------- config.mak.dev: add and use ASSERT_FOR_FANALYZER() macro
 -:  ----------- >  2:  0e258c230f6 remote.c: don't dereference NULL in freeing loop
 -:  ----------- >  3:  062fb3f454e remote API: don't buggily FREE_AND_NULL(), free() instead
-- 
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Message 43 of 51 in “Fix GCC -fanalyzer warnings & add -fanalyzer DEVOPTS mode”
  1. 00/15 Fix GCC -fanalyzer warnings & add -fanalyzer DEVOPTS modeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 3, 2022
  2. 01/15 remote.c: don't dereference NULL in freeing loopÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 3, 2022
  3. René ScharfeJun 3, 2022
  4. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2022
  5. Glen ChooJun 3, 2022
  6. Phillip WoodJun 4, 2022
  7. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJun 4, 2022
  8. 02/15 pull.c: don't feed NULL to strcmp() on get_rebase_fork_point() pathÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 3, 2022
  9. René ScharfeJun 3, 2022
  10. 03/15 reftable: don't memset() a NULL from failed malloc()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 3, 2022
  11. René ScharfeJun 3, 2022
  12. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJun 4, 2022
  13. René ScharfeJun 4, 2022
  14. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJun 4, 2022
  15. René ScharfeJun 4, 2022
  16. Junio C HamanoJun 6, 2022
  17. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJun 6, 2022
  18. Junio C HamanoJun 6, 2022
  19. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJun 6, 2022
  20. 04/15 diff-lib.c: don't dereference NULL in oneway_diff()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 3, 2022
  21. René ScharfeJun 3, 2022
  22. 05/15 refs/packed-backend.c: add a BUG() if iter is NULLÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 3, 2022
  23. René ScharfeJun 3, 2022
  24. 06/15 ref-filter.c: BUG() out on show_ref() with NULL refnameÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 3, 2022
  25. René ScharfeJun 4, 2022
  26. 07/15 strbuf.c: placate -fanalyzer in strbuf_grow()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 3, 2022
  27. René ScharfeJun 4, 2022
  28. Phillip WoodJun 4, 2022
  29. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJun 4, 2022
  30. René ScharfeJun 4, 2022
  31. Phillip WoodJun 5, 2022
  32. 08/15 strbuf.c: use st_add3(), not unsigned_add_overflows()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 3, 2022
  33. René ScharfeJun 4, 2022
  34. 09/15 add-patch: assert parse_diff() expectations with BUG()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 3, 2022
  35. Phillip WoodJun 4, 2022
  36. 10/15 reftable: don't have reader_get_block() confuse -fanalyzerÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 3, 2022
  37. 11/15 blame.c: clarify the state of "final_commit" for -fanalyzerÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 3, 2022
  38. 14/15 config.mak.dev: add a DEVOPTS=analyzer mode to use GCC's -fanalyzerÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 3, 2022
  39. 12/15 pack.h: wrap write_*file*() functionsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 3, 2022
  40. 13/15 pack-write API: pass down "verify" not arbitrary flagsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 3, 2022
  41. 15/15 config.mak.dev: add and use ASSERT_FOR_FANALYZER() macroÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 3, 2022
  42. Phillip WoodJun 4, 2022
  43. 0/3 remote API: fix -fanalyzer-spotted freeing issueÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 7, 2022
  44. 1/3 remote.c: remove braces from one-statement "for"-loopsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 7, 2022
  45. 2/3 remote.c: don't dereference NULL in freeing loopÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 7, 2022
  46. Junio C HamanoJun 7, 2022
  47. 3/3 remote API: don't buggily FREE_AND_NULL(), free() insteadÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 7, 2022
  48. Glen ChooJun 7, 2022
  49. Junio C HamanoJun 7, 2022
  50. Junio C HamanoJun 7, 2022
  51. Junio C HamanoJun 7, 2022

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